Microsoft Teams: Survivable Branch Appliance support for call controls, auto attendants, and call queues

We continue to expand our Survivable Branch Appliance (SBA) capabilities. We are adding support for call transfer, forwarding, and the ability to manage call routing settings for calls to a call queue or auto attendant, in the event of an outage. If incoming calls to a call queue or auto attendant are received during an outage, organizations will have the option to choose to redirect these calls to an alternate call queue or auto attendant or to reach a specific user within the site, ensuring that important calls are not missed.

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Outlook: Add Shared Folders to Favorites in the new Outlook for Windows and web

Customers will have the ability to add shared folders to their favorites. This enhancement offers users increased flexibility and convenience, allowing easy and quick access to important shared content directly from their Favorites list. #newoutlookforwindows

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Updates to the Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 user interface

Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 UI will be updated to create better visual alignment with Microsoft Copilot (formerly Bing Chat Enterprise). The updates include adding a green shield icon, a persistent legal and data protection disclaimer, a new AI accuracy disclaimer, and removing company branding/logo from the UI. The updates will roll out in late March and be completed by mid-April 2024. These are UI updates only and do not impact Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 terms, privacy, or data protections. It is recommended to prepare users by informing them of the UI updates.

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Updates to the Microsoft Copilot (formerly Bing Chat Enterprise) user interface

Microsoft Copilot (formerly Bing Chat Enterprise) user interface (UI) will be updated to simplify the user experience. The updates include replacing the green “Protected” icon with a green shield icon, adding a persistent legal and data protection disclaimer, adding a new AI accuracy disclaimer, removing company branding/logo, and replacing the chat style selector with a new Copilot settings toggle. The UI updates are expected to be completed by mid-April 2024 and will not impact Microsoft Copilot terms, privacy, or commercial data protection. Users should look for the green shield next to their profile icon or the persistent disclaimer underneath the prompt box to recognize when they are using Copilot with commercial data protection.

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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention for endpoints – Enhancements to the DLP capabilities on macOS endpoints

Mac DLP will have the following capabilities with these enhancements: Context Based Classification and Matched condition and short evidence for advanced classification.

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SharePoint: Autofill columns

This allows SharePoint Premium users to add natural language prompts to document library columns to extract or generate metadata from an uploaded file’s contents.

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Microsoft Teams: Meet now in Teams group chat

Start a huddle with you colleagues using meet now in group chat. Meet now in group chat is a ringless experience designed to enable ad-hoc, real-time communication with your team in a hybrid environment.

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Microsoft Teams: Explicit consent for transcription in Teams meetings

The meeting policy that requires explicit consent to be recorded is expanding to include transcription. When the policy is applied, a notification will pop-up when the recording or transcription is initiated requesting consent of all participants to be transcribed and recorded. Before a user gives consent, the user cannot unmute, turn on camera or share content in the meeting.

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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Data Loss Prevention – Gain comprehensive summary of Data Loss Prevention alerts with Copilot for Security

Copilot for Security is embedded in Data Loss Prevention to summarize alerts to help accelerate data security investigations.

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Announcing the retirement of legacy Power BI Apps (pre-audiences)

Legacy Power BI apps (pre-audiences) will no longer be supported after May 1, 2024. Users are encouraged to upgrade or rebuild their apps using Power BI apps with audiences. Technical support for legacy apps will cease after the deadline. Users can read about the changes and improvements in the new version of Power BI apps and how to upgrade in the provided link.

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